Keep Calm and Wash On I just returned home from my fourth trip to the car wash in a week to battle car owners’ worst enemy.
Road salt.
Last year, PennDOT dumped 9.8 million gallons of salt brine and 900,000 tons of salt crystals on the roadways of Pennsylvania.
Why do they do it?
“To keep Pennsylvania drivers moving,” it says on their website. Full Story

Broda-Awwad Mike and Gail Broda announce the engagement of their daughter, Alyssa, to Andy Awwad, son of George and Alice Awwad.
The bride-to-be is a 2009 graduate of Hershey High School and a 2013 graduate of Elizabethtown College. She is the Assistant Director of Major Giving at WITF and recently earned her master’s degree in Public Administration from Penn State University. Full Story

Sun Country Savories Enjoy an evening of wine, chocolate and a good book at the chocolate tasting event at the Palmyra Public Library.
Each $30 ticket includes five wine tastings from J & P winery and appropriate chocolate pairings for this first-time event being held after hours on Thursday, Feb. 8, 6-8 p.m., at the Palmyra Public Library. Full Story

Except for an unexpected snow day, the Lower Dauphin girls’ basketball team is right on schedule. The Falcons are 11-1 and presented coach Bob Heusser with his 300th win with the program last week to go with his previous 301 wins as coach of the Middletown boys’ team. Full Story

Palmyra head coach Pete Conrad knows that this year’s edition of Cougars basketball doesn’t boast the highflying offensive identity of past teams.
Although that fact has led to some hard knocks for Conrad and company, it has also contributed to one very important realization for his young team.
Sometimes the best offense is a good defense. Full Story

Obituaries

Irma S. Ellison Irma S. Ellison, 94, from Hershey, passed away on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in the Hershey Medical Center.
She was born on June 5, 1923, in Dickson City, daughter of the late Frederick W. and Otelia G. Schultz. Full Story

Tammy A. Gebhart Tammy A. Coburn Gebhart, 58, from Palmyra, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, at her home.
Born in Harrisburg on July 9, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Ruby Johns Coburn.
Tammy was a bus driver for Lower Dauphin School District, and a courtesy driver for the Day’s Inn, Hershey. A humble woman, most important to Tammy was caring for her family. Full Story